[gentoo-user] audacious-1.4* - can't adjust volume

[gentoo-user] audacious-1.4* - can't adjust volume

[Matthias Langer]

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Since audacious-1.4* there seems to be something b0rked with the volume
controls. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't (there is a thread
about this in users-de). In more detail:

Adjusting the volume from within audacious works, usually with all files
in the current playlist, if at least one of these files has been added
manually, since audacious has been started.

If this is not the case, you might be able to change the volume from
within audacious for a few seconds, but after that, audacious seems to
loose complete control over it. You can move the sliders, without them
changing anything. If you want to do a quick check, if this problem
applies also to you, try

"
$ audacious foo.mp3
"

wait, say 10 seconds, and then try to change the volume from within
audacious.

I'm going to file a Bug about this, but before doing so, I want to
collect some more information, as I don't think, that this problem
affects anyone using audacious, and I want this fixed. So, if you are
using audacious-1.4.*, please tell me if the issue I've described above
applies to you or not. Also include at least the following information:

a.) The versions and USE-Flags of audacious and audacious-plugins.
b.) "$ uname -msvr"
c.) Your CFLAGS.
d.) The audio output plugin you are using.

Here is what I have:

a.)
media-sound/audacious-1.4.5  
USE="dbus nls -chardet -libsamplerate" 0 kB 
media-plugins/audacious-plugins-1.4.4  
USE="aac alsa dbus flac gnome mp3 nls pulseaudio sdl sse2 vorbis wma
-adplug -arts -chardet -esd -jack -lirc -modplug -mtp -musepack -oss
-sid -sndfile -timidity -tta -wavpack" 0 kB

b.)
Linux 2.6.23-gentoo-r9 #2 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 10 21:18:38 CET 2008
x86_64

c.)
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"

d.)
ALSA

Thanks for your help,
Matthias

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Re: [gentoo-user] audacious-1.4* - can't adjust volume

[Roman Zilka]

I ran into this problem at home. I can't get to that PC anytime soon,
but I'll try my best at guessing as much detail as possible using
another Gentoo box. 95% probability of correct info.

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> a.) The versions and USE-Flags of audacious and audacious-plugins.

audacious-1.4.5, dbus nls -chardet -libsamplerate

audacious-plugins-1.4.4, aac alsa dbus flac mp3 musepack nls oss sdl
sndfile sse2 timidity vorbis wavpack -adplug -arts -chardet -esd -gnome
-jack -lirc -modplug -mtp -pulseaudio -sid -tta -wma

> b.) "$ uname -msvr"

Kernel built from gentoo-sources based on 2.6.2X. PREEMPT (everything).
32b, x86, AMD.

> c.) Your CFLAGS.

-O2 -pipe -march=athlon-xp -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -m3dnow
-fomit-frame-pointer

> d.) The audio output plugin you are using.

ALSA. Using the default, in-kernel driver. The soundcard is some ATI
IXP chipset-based onboard thing (listed as "ATI" in lspci as well IIRC).

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Thank you for trying to solve this. Anyway, a-1.4 only brought problems
to me and no apparent improvements. A messed-up audioscrobbler plugin,
this volume setting issue, forming a playlist took a considerably longer
amount of time compared to a-1.3, plus it playfully crashed from time
to time.

-rz
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Re: [gentoo-user] audacious-1.4* - can't adjust volume

[Matthias Langer]

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> ALSA. Using the default, in-kernel driver. The soundcard is some ATI
> IXP chipset-based onboard thing (listed as "ATI" in lspci as well IIRC).
> 

Thanks for your information: That reminds me... I should probably also
add

e.) your soundcard + driver inforamtion

I'm using
Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
with the snd_hda_intel module shipped with the kernel.

Matthias


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Re: [gentoo-user] audacious-1.4* - can't adjust volume

[Sascha Hlusiak]

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> I'm using
> Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
> with the snd_hda_intel module shipped with the kernel.
I had some problems with the Intel HD Audio driver in Linux, maybe they are 
related.

- Changing the Master volume in the mixer did not change anything. I could 
only change the volume by controlling PCM. 
- I could not adjust the volume of OSS sound at all (so I disabled flash 
player then because it used only OSS in that times). 
- And yes, I noticed some delay too, but not only in Audacious (which I didn't 
test). So I think the Intel HD audio kernel module is to blame.

Do you have these problems in other (OSS) applications? What if you change the 
volume with aumix or kmix?

Sascha



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